An American Airlines Flagship prepares for departure at Chicago Municipal Airport. January 1935
Brand new in January 1935 the Douglas DC-3 started as a proposal for American Airlines. It's wartime glory yet in the future the third design from Long Beach was an unparalleled success for the airlines and ushered in true passenger service. The mainstay of our mainline services the fast and rugged DC-3 is perfect. In the era of our flying there were several airlines that opened up the country with fast, single day flights from coast to coast using the DC-3. Not the feeder and cargo aircraft of a far distant future, Ohio Valley Air Transport flies the Douglas product on it's top link services. Extra pay is offered to those who fly this demanding aircraft to our demanding schedules and our demanding requirements.
NOTE: We highly suggest use of the Duckworks Mod for the aircraft to bring a higher level of realism to flying the aircraft.
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Here are some liveries of aircraft suitable on our Mainline routes.
OVAT DC-3's
Ohio Valley Air Transport has three DC-3's in it's own fleet. In addition to holding down the mainline you'll see them deeper in the Ohio Valley, serving our neighbors with fast, frequent service. Our DC-3's are top of the line with 16 seat configuration and the finest amenities. You can use the default "Blue Stripe" livery as a non mainline ship.
Ohio Valley Air Transport DC-3 on The Executive, enroute to Wheeling, West Virginia form Cambridge Ohio.
DC-3/C-47 Media
Cleveland was American Airlines territory in the era. Here is an excellent look at that operation during the time of our VA. AA livery is always welcome on our lines.
In the real world DC-3 production ended in early 1943 when the C-47 was introduced. This was the airframe with a cargo door, strengthened floor, a cargo door as well as other military modifications. The model in MSFS is that of a 1944 C-47 if you look at the builders plate. So we'll include the training video for the C-47 type here as well as there is good information here.